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New Year, New Baby
What better way to start the New Year than with a
brand new baby? Every January, we see a few new
faces from the maternity wards gracing the news
papers. But did you know that J. Edgar Hoover, later
head of the F. 8.1. for almost 50 ■
Year’s baby? So, too, write
Salinger (Catcher in the Rye) ani
Forster (A Passage to India).
and comic Carole Landis wa;
beautiful baby born on Janui
And Paul Revere and Betsy
started their patriotic days on .
Year’s Day. Barry Goldwatei
did the same.
A man shows m his youth w hat h e wi 11 he
in his age.
*ar Rosemary and lemon-balm teas are reputed to combat
postpartum depression.
Ham-and-Bean Soup
1 pound dry, small whits
bsans
1-1/2 pounds ham hock
1 onion, chopped
3 doves garlic, minced
1-1/2 cups psolsd, diced
potatoes
1 cup chopped carrots
salt and pepper, to taste
Soak beans overnight;
drain. Add 10 cups
fresh water, ham hock,
onion, and garlic. Cover
and simmer VA hours.
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Add vegetables and sim
mer for another hour.
Remove ham hock, cool,
and cut any remaining
meat from bone, returning
the meat to the soup.
Season to taste. Leftovers
freeze well. _
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FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
•m
When the
Moon runs
low (Dec. 2Q),
expect
unseasonably
warm
weather.
Vfalves always
howl more
before a
storm.
A crow flying
alone is a
sign of foul
weather.
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MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK
AUCTION
MIDDLEBURG, PA
December 23, 1997
CATTLE 251 [PDA] Compared with
last week's sale si steers uneven with
spots 150 lower, cows 100 to 400
higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS few High Choice
and Prime 1445/1475 lbs 68 00-69 00,
Choice 1035/1530 lbs 64 50-66 50,
few 1560/1775 lbs 60 25-63 75, Select
57 75-64.00, Standard 50 50-56 50
HOLSTEINS few High Choice and
Prime 1350/1585 lbs 59 00-61 75, few
Choice 1350/1615 lbs 56 75-58 75,
Select 52 00-55 25, Standard 39 75-
50.75
HEIFERS- Choice 1055/1315 lbs
63 75-66.50, few Select 59 50-63 00,
Standard 42 25-53 00
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 37 00-44 50, Cutter and Boning
Utility 32 00-38 00, Canner and Low
Cutter 24 75-35 50 Shells down to
20 00
BULLS few Yield Grade No 1
900/1725 lbs 43 25-49 50
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS - few Medium
Frame No 1 485/600 lbs 55 50-60 50,
HEIFERS- Medium Frame No 1 365/535
lbs 51 00-51 50, few Medium & Large
Frame No 2 535/705 lbs 32 00-45 00,
BULLS few Medium Frame No 1
600/625 lbs 44.50-51 00, few Medium
& Large Frame No 2 540/975 lbs
34 00-42 00
CALVES 212 VEALERS Standard and
Good 75/120 lbs 25 00-35 00, Utility
65/105 lbs 1100-2100
FARM CALVES No 1 Holstein bulls
10 00 to 15 00 higher, No 2 bulls
steady to spots 500 lower No 1 Hol
stein bulls 90/125 lbs 80 00-130 00,
80/90 lbs 65.00-80 00, No. 2 80/110
lbs. 28 00-55 00; No. 1 Holstein heif-
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HIGH
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OR B.U.N. LEVELS?
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ere 95/115 lbs 70 00-109 00, No 2
70/105 lbs 26 00-40 00.
HOGS 184 (12/22 & 23/97) Bulk of
supply sold on Monday and sold by the
auction
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-2
230/260 lbs 39 50-44 00, few 42 50,
US 1-3 250/270 lbs. 34 50-39 00, one
lot US 1-3 210 lbs @ 32 00
SOWS US 1-3 300/600 lbs
44 50 most sales 30 50-35 75.
BOARS few 350/550 lbs
25 25, one 250 lbs @3l 50
FEEDER PIGS 69 Few US 1-3 15/35
lbs 9 00-32 00, 40/55 lbs 25 00-
36 00 per head.
SHEEP 13 SLAUGHTER LAMBS, few
Choice 30/40 lbs 110 00-150 00, few
80/100 lbs 80 00-87 00, couple 140 &
145 lbs 64 00 & 69 00
SLAUGHTER LAMBS; one @ 39 00
GOATS 9. Couple Medium Nannies
35 00 & 60 00, couple Large Kids 34 00
& 51 00, few Small 13 00-16 00 per
head
NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK
AUCTION
PA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
NEW WILMINGTON, PA
December 23, 1997
CATTLE 110 [PDA] Compared with
last week's sale slaughter cows .25 to
1 75 higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS few Standard
42,00-43 75
HEIFERS one Select 54 00
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 33.75-38 00, few to 41.00, Cutter
and Boning Utility 28 00-35.00, din
ner and Low Cutter 24 75-28 50 Shells
down to 20 00
BULLS few Yield Grade No 2
990/1330 lbs. 35.00-36 75
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FEEDER CATTLE BULLS’ few Largt
Medium Frame No 2 245/585 II
33 50-39 50
CALVES 183 VEALERS Standard i
Good 70/105 lbs 19 00-30 00, Util
50/70 lbs 500-1600
FARM CALVES No. 1 Holstein bul
110/130 lbs 90 00-92 00, 90/110 lb
105 00-126 00, few 85 lbs @6lO
No 2 90/120 lbs 50.00-92 00, few N
I Holstein heifers 105/130 lbs 105 01
No 2 80/110 lbs 35 00-95 00. Be
cross bulls and heifers 80/125 lb
27 50-55 00
29 00-
22 00-
HOGS 286 Barrows and gilts 3SO
5 50 lower
BARROWS AND GILTS: US
230/270 lbs 3675-39.00, US
210/275 lbs 36.00-36.85, US 1
210/260 lbs 33 00-35.00, couple US
3 195 lbs @ 40 00
SOWS US 1-3 300/500 lbs 31 0(
33 00, 500/670 lbs 33 00-36 25
BOARS, few 300/595 lbs 24 5(
37 00
FEEDER PIGS 128 US 1-3 25/55 1
25 00-32 50, few US 2-3 70/80 1
25 00 per head
SHEEP 77 SLAUGHTER LAMB:
Choice 50/80 lbs 102 00-120 01
80/115 lbs 68 00-100 00
FEEDER LAMBS Choice 45/75 lb
67 50-95.00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 25.00-52 00
GOATS 33 . Large 60 00-70 00.
Medium 37 50-58 00, few Small 27
30 00, Small I 50-9 00 per head
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